Physics of Magnetopause Reconnection: A Study of the Combined Effects of Density Asymmetry, Velocity Shear, and Guide Field
Figure 2
The initial configuration used in this study. From (a) to (d), the one-dimensional cuts of the component magnetic field , the electron number density , the ion and electron pressure tensor components (solid) and (dashed), and the ion and electron temperature tensor components (solid) and (dashed), respectively. (e) and (f) show the two-dimensional contours of the electron density and the component. The coordinate system is depicted in (e). White arrows in (f) depict how the shear flow is given in this study. Black arrows in (f) show the directions of the magnetic field.
